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    Basic Basket Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started
    Basic Basket Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started
    Basic Basket Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started
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    Basic Basket Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started

    By Debra Hammond and Alan Wycheck

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    Step-by-step instructions complete with detailed color photographs. Includes a chapter on dyeing reed at home. 4 basic basket projects for the beginning weaver.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStackpole Books
    Release dateJul 29, 2008
    ISBN9780811746649
    Basic Basket Making: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started

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      Book preview

      Basic Basket Making - Linda Franz

      Contents

      Introduction

      Part I: Tools and Materials

      Tools and Materials

      Preparing Reeds

      Part II: Basic Techniques

      1. Flared Bun Basket

      Getting Started

      Measuring and Marking Spokes

      Weaving Spokes Together

      Twining

      Weaving the Sides

      Finishing the Rim

      Securing Lashers with a Fishhook

      Adding a Decorative Bow

      Finishing a Basket

      2. Small Market Basket

      Getting Started

      Making a Filled Base

      Adding a Handle

      Weaving the Basket Sides

      Adding a Chain Design with Dyed Reed

      Finishing the Basket Sides

      Finishing the Basket Rim

      3. Napkin Basket

      Getting Started

      Making a Square Base

      Weaving the Basket Sides

      Using Round Reed to Form a Triple Arrow Weave

      Finishing the Basket Rim

      Adding Diagonal Weavers to the Basket Base

      4. Easter Basket

      Getting Started

      Twining a Round Base

      Adding Spokes

      Weaving a Pattern with Dyed Reed

      Finishing the Basket Rim

      5. How to Dye Reed

      Getting Started

      Dyeing the Reed

      Setting the Dye

      Resources

      Introduction

      In this book we’ll show and explain how to weave baskets using flat reed. Getting started in making these baskets requires few tools and equipment. In fact, most of the supplies, or their substitutes, can probably be found in your home.

      Each of the four baskets illustrated teach different skills. You’ll learn how to weave, how to twine, and how to make a basket with a handle. You’ll learn how to make a round woven base, an open weave base, and a filled base; and you’ll learn two techniques for finishing the top of a basket. Once the techniques are mastered, you can mix and match them to create your own unique baskets.

      Reed in many colors and sizes can be purchased online, through mail order or from basket shops and some craft shops. Learn how to dye your own reed (see chapter 5) and you can create baskets in colors that match your home’s decor.

      Because many of the same skills are used in each of the baskets, begin by reading the instructions for starting and finishing. It is helpful to read the instructions for making the first basket before starting any of the other baskets.

      Let’s begin.

      TOOLS AND MATERIALS

      While many specialized tools have been designed for the basket weaver, just a few are needed to complete the projects we’ll make in this book. And many can be substituted with items you probably already have.

      CRIMPING TOOL

      The crimping tool is used to bend round reed when a 90-degree angle is needed. By bending it with the crimping tool, the reed is less likely to break. You could substitute long-nose or needle-nose pliers for the crimping tool, but a crimping tool will provide a neater result.

      CRAFT SCISSORS

      A good pair of craft scissors is needed to make clean cuts through reed. You’ll use your scissors often as you cut spokes to length, clip weavers to fit behind a spoke, and trim ends to blend in with the basket.

      PACKING TOOL

      The packing tool is used to pack woven reeds tightly together. It is also used to separate reeds so that another reed can be woven between them. To get started, you could substitute a screwdriver for the packing tool.

      TOWEL

      An old towel is needed to dry dyed reed. Dyed reed can sometimes bleed its color onto other portions of the basket if it is not dried after soaking and before using.

      CLOTHESPINS

      Clothespins are used to hold weaving in place, especially for the first row or two, to attach a rim before it is woven, and to hold reed together while it soaks. You’ll need several of the type with a spring. These clothespins are plastic, but wooden clothespins also are suitable.

      PLASTIC CONTAINER

      A plastic container is used to soak reed before weaving. Reed must be soaked to make it pliable and to prevent it from breaking while it is being woven. A plastic container is handy because it is sturdy, lightweight, and can be placed on your worktable, but another type of container could be used.

      YARDSTICK

      You’ll need a yardstick to measure lengths of reed. This folding yardstick is easy to store, and it can be used to measure short lengths as well as longer lengths.

      PENCIL

      Got a pencil? You’ll need it to mark your reed. This helps in assuring the baskets you make are symmetrical.

      Types of Reed

      The reed used to weave baskets comes from the rattan plant. While hundreds of species of rattan exist, just a few species are used to produce the reed for baskets. Classified as a palm, the rattan plant vines through the tropical rain forest canopy.

      The core of the rattan vine is used to produce round reed, flat reed, and flat oval reed. Most of the reed that is produced commercially comes from the rain forests of Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

      The rattan core is processed and cut into the different types of reed and into varying widths. The finished reed is coiled and tied into 1-pound hanks. Each hank contains a single type and width of reed, such as ½" flat reed. The lengths of reed in each hank usually measure about 8 to 10 feet but can be longer or shorter.

      Basket reed usually is sold in 1-pound hanks. Dyed reed also can be purchased in ¼-pound coils. Many basket craft shops and online suppliers sell basket kits that contain the amounts of reed needed to complete a specific basket.

      Seagrass is often used as an accent in basket rims. It is a natural product made from grasses that grow on banks near the sea. Seagrass is twisted and coiled into 1-pound hanks.

      All of the baskets in this book can be made using these weaving supplies:

      5/8" flat reed

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